Maesteg (Ewenny Road) railway station

Maesteg (Ewenny Road)
Welsh: Maesteg (Heol Ewenni)
Looking along the platform towards Maesteg
Location
Place	Maesteg
Local authority	Bridgend
Coordinates	51°36′19″N 3°38′54″W / 51.6053°N 3.6483°WCoordinates: 51°36′19″N 3°38′54″W / 51.6053°N 3.6483°W
Grid reference	SS859908
Operations
Station code	MEW
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	3,256
2005/06	3,225
2006/07	3,502
2007/08	4,613
2008/09	4,400
2009/10	4,898
2010/11	3,936
2011/12	4,356
2012/13	2,706
2013/14	3,930
2014/15	2,752
History
Original company	British Rail
26 October 1992	Station opened
2008	Platform lengthened to accommodate 4-car trains
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maesteg (Ewenny Road) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Maesteg (Ewenny Road) railway station is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Maesteg in Wales. It is located adjacent to the Ewenny Road Industrial Estate to the south of Maesteg on the Maesteg Line from Cardiff via Bridgend. The other station, which is the terminus of the Maesteg Line, is named Maesteg.

History

Passenger services were restored to the Maesteg Line in 1992 by British Rail and Mid Glamorgan County Council. The station opened on 26 October 1992,^[1] slightly later than planned along with Wildmill. Both stations were brand new additions and did not replace a station previously in existence prior to the 1970 passenger service withdrawal. The platform was lengthened in 2008 to allow four-car trains to operate busier services. This was funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Union.

Services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network for local services.

158831 operating an Arriva Trains Wales service from Cheltenham Spa to Maesteg

Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
Legend
originally Duffryn, Llynvi and Porthcawl Railway    to Glyncorrwg South Wales Mineral Railway to Tonmawr Cymmer Viaduct Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway to Port Talbot • to Treherbert West Junction Cymmer Afan Abergwynfi Abergwynfi Colliery Cymmer Tunnel 1591 yd 1455 m Caerau Colliery Caerau Nantyffyllon Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company to Pontyrhyl Maesteg (Neath Road) PTR&DCo to Port Talbot Maesteg Maesteg (Ewenny Road) Garth Troedyrhiew Garth Llangynwyd Ogmore Valley Railway to Brynmenyn Tondu South Wales Main Line to Bridgend Cefn Junction PTR&DCo Kenfig Hill South Wales Main Line to Bridgend Pyle Junction Pyle South Wales Main Line to Swansea closed 1965 Cornelly Quarry Nottage Halt Nottage Tunnel 63 yd 58 m Porthcawl

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 152. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

External links

• Train times and station information for Maesteg (Ewenny Road) railway station from National Rail